Beyond Fundamentals Library

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A Case for the Low-Acuity Patient Treatment Station: Reducing the Length of Stay for Emergency Department Visits

Bryan Langlands, David Vincent, and Christine Carr

As busy emergency departments face significant space constraints, health care organizations are looking for ways to optimize space use and still provide safe, effective patient care. In this white paper, the authors propose use of a low-acuity patient treatment station to address this issue. Diagrams are included. (2018)

Checklist for Designing a Geriatric Treatment Room in the Emergency Department

Kathryn Gallagher

This checklist was created to provide a quick reference for designing emergency department treatment rooms that meet the specialized needs of older adults. It can also be used to conduct a quick evaluation of patient care locations in an existing emergency department or facility. (2018)

Testing Sustainable Flooring: A Johns Hopkins Health Systems Report

Teri Lura Bennett

Using the 2014 edition of the FGI Hospital/Outpatient Guidelines as one resource to structure a test protocol and process, the Johns Hopkins Health System undertook research intended to improve the performance, safety, and cost-efficiency of flooring materials and flooring care. This report provides a snapshot of the conditions encountered during the 2014–15 study period and a summary of the project team’s recommendations. (2018)

Responses to Questions about Applying the Guidelines

Responses to some requests for an advisory opinion regarding application of the Guidelines requirements are provided as part of the Beyond Fundamentals program. (2018)

FGI Study of Clearances Needed to Provide Safe Care for Patients of Size

During the 2018 Guidelines revision cycle, members of the FGI Bariatric Accommodations Topic Group gathered in person to assess the clearances needed for safe patient handling and transportation of patients of size. Using a mock-up of a patient room and a patient toilet room, the group determined needed clearances for use of patient lifts and for transporting patients on gurneys and beds. Identified clearances were used to update Guidelines requirements for areas where patients of size are cared for. (2016)

Common Mistakes in Designing Psychiatric Hospitals: An Update

Jim Hunt and David Sine

This white paper by the authors of the Design Guide for the Built Environment of Behavioral Health Facilities includes a risk assessment matrix to use in planning behavioral health spaces. (2015)

The Future of Health Care as Predicted Using Scenario Planning

In preparation for the 2018 Guidelines revision cycle, FGI held two colloquia on the future of health care in the United States, inviting health care leaders to discuss the forces likely to affect the future of health care delivery in and how anticipated changes in the delivery of care might affect health care facilities. The report includes a summary of the four futures predicted by the group. (2015)

Hospitals

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This FGI product provides minimum standards for design and construction of hospitals and outpatient facilities. The standards for long-term care facilities appear in a separate document for 2014; please see the entry for Guidelines for Design and Construction of Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities.

Included in the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities is information on the planning, design, construction, and commissioning process and facility requirements for hospitals and outpatient facilities. Included are general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and rehabilitation facilities as well as new chapters on children’s and critical access hospitals. Outpatient facilities covered include primary care facilities; outpatient surgery facilities; birth centers; urgent care centers; mobile units; outpatient psychiatric and rehabilitation centers; facilities for endoscopy, dialysis, and cancer treatment; and a new chapter on dental facilities. In addition, the 2014 Guidelines includes new material on safety risk assessments and medication safety zones; increased requirements for commissioning infrastructure systems; and updated requirements for surgery, imaging, endoscopy, and dialysis facilities as well as primary care facilities and freestanding emergency facilities.

The 2013 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170: Ventilation of Health Care Facilities is included as Part 4 of the 2014 FGI Hospital/Outpatient Guidelines.

The Joint Commission, many federal agencies, and authorities in 42 states use the Guidelines as either a code or a reference standard when reviewing, approving, and financing projects or surveying, licensing, certifying, or accrediting newly constructed facilities.

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Outpatient Facilities

Outpatient Facilities

Print Books Product Code: 055392 E-Books Product Code: P055392

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The Facility Guidelines Institute offers a package price for purchasing both 2014 FGI Guidelines documents—the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities and the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities—at the same time.

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Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities

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This FGI product provides minimum standards for design and construction of residential health, care, and support facilities for long-term care. The standards for hospitals and outpatient facilities appear in the separate 2014 FGI document Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities.

Based on Part 4, Residential Health Care Facilities, in the 2010 edition of the FGI Guidelines, the NEW Guidelines for Design and Construction of Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities provides information on the planning, design, construction, and commissioning process and facility requirements for nursing homes and other facilities where long-term care is provided. In particular, the 2014 Guidelines includes new material on safety risk assessments; common planning and design elements for all residential health, care, and support facilities; updated requirements for nursing homes and hospice, assisted living, and adult day health care facilities as well as outpatient rehabilitation centers; and new chapters on independent living facilities and wellness centers. As well, the 2013 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170: Ventilation of Health Care Facilities is included as Part 6 of this 2014 FGI Guidelines standard.

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